Just start typing? Or Matt and I will re-file it. On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 11:44, iematthew <[email protected]> wrote: > > Just curious, but how does one go about setting the type of an issue > in the bug/feature request system? I haven't seen any option for doing > so, so my "Enhancement" gets entered as a "Defect". > > > On Feb 23, 2:39 pm, iematthew <[email protected]> wrote: >> Yes, there are more important things. But for future planning and >> keeping things clean, I think it would be a good thing to have. For >> apps that cache Twitter users and have tons in their system, >> requesting updates on each user can be resource-consuming, not to >> mention whitelist-consuming. >> >> A features request has been submitted as suggested: >> >> http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/detail?id=311 >> >> On Feb 23, 2:11 pm, Alex Payne <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Yes, please do:http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/entry >> >> > On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 09:28, jstrellner <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > I second this, it would be useful. Although, if you are requesting >> > > info for that user, Twitter should be returning that the user no >> > > longer exists, and your app should remove them. >> >> > > Your solution would be good for bulk cleans, but incremental would >> > > probably be more efficient. >> >> > > So while it would be useful, I'm not sure its required. I'll vote 1/2 >> > > of a +1, as it would be nice to have available, but here are more >> > > important things. >> >> > > Maybe you should add it to their API feature request site? >> >> > > iematthew wrote: >> > >> I haven't seen anything on the group or otherwise for a basic house- >> > >> cleaning method for getting a list of suspended/canceled/deleted >> > >> Twitter accounts. As our Twitter apps continue to grow, having methods >> > >> for clearing out the dead wood from our systems would be quite useful. >> > >> I don't think anyone wants to end up a few years down the road with a >> > >> million non-existent Twitter accounts in their system, and I don't >> > >> think it helps Twitter to have traffic coming back to them for >> > >> accounts that no longer exist. >> >> > >> What I propose is a simple method for grabbing the Twitter IDs of >> > >> those accounts which have been permanently removed. If we could have >> > >> returned an array of these ids (much the same as the new Social Graphs >> > >> methods return only the IDs of a user's friends or followers) it would >> > >> help us all keep our systems clear of these defunct accounts. Perhaps >> > >> options for a since_id or since_time would also be useful so we only >> > >> get the IDs we haven't already cleared out. >> >> > >> Thoughts on this? >> >> > -- >> > Alex Payne - API Lead, Twitter, Inc.http://twitter.com/al3x >
-- Alex Payne - API Lead, Twitter, Inc. http://twitter.com/al3x
